Help for Pipeline?

[xXSurfingNetworkHD]

im going to pipe in like a months so i need some help. I have never surfed anything like this. well. i have surfed 5 footers. but whats the reef like? i need info. and should i wear a leash? i only have 35-40 sec breath hold (im workin on it 0_o) whats the ride like? whats the wipeout like? anything i might be too freaked out tell me if i am o_o but will they respect a 11 year old kid (i know) or will they say leave? please help thanks

[jaffa1949]

If you have to ask these questions you are in noway ready to surf Pipeline. People have been killed out there! The reef is dead coral heads at the most 3ft under water, unless you have quality barrel riding skill forget it, you are going to get no room to move if there is decent surf and you will most definitely be ordered in both by the surfers and the Lifeguards.
The local surfers hate hauling in the smashed bodies of wannabees and a novice in the line up is a major danger to everyone surfing.
Respect is earned at pipe not assumed.
Where have you surfed your 5fters? Not many 5ft waves around the world match pipe
A 5ft wave at pipe with some long period behind it will be a huge smashing break.

Now my real advice, by all means go to the beach and watch pipe ( the pipe season will be over the northern winter) you will understand why I said you are not ready!

But if you are going to Hawaii in October then you will probably be saved from having to make a decision as the likelihood of it being on is small.
There are lots of other very testing breaks for someone your age in Hawaii they will be great!

I know this sounds harsh to a keen surfer, but Pipeline is just too dangerous to not tell the truth about your chances

[pandarturo]

Lol...this made me laugh, the only eleven year I've ever heard of charging pipe is John John. And he grew up here. I suggest you stay away from pipe. And I'm not talking about surfing 5 foot pipe, I'm talking 10 foot Hawaiian, so 15 to 20 foot faces.

[pandarturo]

Five foot faces are considered 2-3 Hawaiian btw.

[xXSurfingNetworkHD]

Five foot faces are considered 2-3 Hawaiian btw.

not face back

[pandarturo]

Definitely not the back of the wave...you don't surf the back of the wave so why would you use that as the point of measurement...

[pandarturo]

It's the unbroken portion of a wave not from the trough to the top of the white water which is haole faces